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<blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 1441380" data-attributes="member: 9626"><p><strong>The Beginning</strong></p><p></p><p>The new cast of characters:</p><p></p><p>Quercus: The product of a celestial and an elven union, Quercus was sadly abandoned by his family when his mother died during childbirth. To further complicate matters, his mother was married to another man at the time, and the father blamed him for his wife’s death and abandoned him, while the celestial simply left, never to be seen again. He was formally raised in the clergy since that point, and has been re-united with his half-brother Tsine. </p><p></p><p>Tsine: Tsine is the only legitimate son of a noble elven family. He was always interested in archery and other martial pursuits, but was forced into wizardry by his father when his mother died (see Quercus, above,) in the hopes that one member of the family who will carry on the family tradition. He used to despise his half-brother, due to the rantings of his bitter father, but has since learned forgiveness and seeking a way to end the loneliness of the arcane life, bonded with him. He works both as an archer and as a wizard now.</p><p></p><p>Tal Moinen: Tal is a half-elven member of another noble house. This one is ancient, and claims to have been descended partially from dragons, specifically the amethyst gem variety, which apparently helped the royal family save their kingdom as it was being established. The dragonic aspect of their bloodline has long since been diluted, but while Tal officially earns his livelihood as a musician and storyteller, his dragonic blood calls to him, giving him both magical power and the desire to become more dragonic.</p><p></p><p>Flix: Flix is a fairly typical halfling rogue. He is known for his professional attitude in most things, but is a bit of a womanizer when in peaceful situations. His life is otherwise a mystery.</p><p></p><p>Some time between 1000 and 1500 years later…</p><p></p><p>Quercus, Tsine, and Tal are resting one night, separately for now. Each, however, has the same dream. They find themselves adrift in space, while a mysterious female figure looms in front of them. However, a bright light shines behind her, making it impossible for any details to be seen on her. She calls herself Lady Memory, and claims that they are all truly her children. However, she then says that those who loved her most have betrayed her, and that she is giving them the task of restoring her name, and destroying the usurpers. The characters then all wake.</p><p></p><p>Now switching back to past tense…</p><p></p><p>Each woke up separately. Quercus was staying in a room at a temple, Tsine was waking up in his nobleman father’s home, and Tal was staying at an inn, having just returned to town. However, all of them felt very disoriented, like they were just waking up from a dream that was all too real, and suddenly realized that while they remembered the basic histories of their lives, they couldn’t remember any of the details! They knew, for example, their number of siblings, but not the names of their siblings, or their names, or even the name of the city they were in. As they struggled to figure out what was going on, they all ended up outside, and discovered that the city they were in was inside a hollowed out mountain. The place was still lit like an ordinary day, presumably because of the three giant lenses affixed to the ceiling. About half of the city was on a giant pillar in the center of the mountain, which often widened to as it went farther down into the mountain. Quercus was near the very top of the pillar, in what looked like a very prestigious part of town. A level below that was Tsine’s level, which was apparently the noble district. The next level below that was the largest, and contained what appeared to be an entire forest. Far below that, below the surface level of the mountain, Tal was at his inn, and didn’t even realize the city was inside a mountain until he left the dark depths of the lower parts of the city. </p><p></p><p>Soon, all three got their basic memories back. They were in a city called Methosilang, the capital of the local empire, and all of them were supposed to meet at the main temple for some sort of ritual. As they traveled through the city, they noticed all the typical humanoid races, but they also noticed that much of the cities elven population was drow, and no one even seemed to notice this fact or find it strange. To the characters, however, something about this fact just felt wrong, like it was against the way things should be. </p><p></p><p>Eventually, all three reached the temple at the top of the city, which was apparently called the Central Temple of the Sisters. Quercus, of course, was the closest, since his temple, the Cathedral of the Sun, was on the same level, but all three of them got there with time. The temple itself had a circular central room, which contained statues of the eleven Sisters, which were apparently the goddesses of this realm. Quercus realized with a start that Bha-Ael, the creator goddess, was the one that he himself worshipped. All of them were a little suspicious that the goddesses’ statues were arranged like the numbers of a clock, but that the ninth one was suspiciously empty. Tal asked a cleric about it, and learned that there was a mistake structurally when the temple was built, forcing them to stagger the positions of the statues. After mingling for a while, acolytes of the church arranged the people in the Temple (and there were at least hundreds of them,) into small groups of three or four people. Tal, Quercus, and Tsine ended up together, along with Flix, a halfling trained in the arts of stealth. Soon, an elven man and drow woman took places at a stage on the far end of the temple, and the party recognized them instantly as Berin Stael and Malthos Stael, the King and Queen of the kingdom. They explain how pleased they are to be presiding over another Day of Initiation, when those who have trained for all their lives underground are finally ready for their first missions on the surface. The characters heard a nervous tittering among the crowd, and despite their confusion, felt excitement at this prospect as well. As the two continued their speech, they suddenly stopped and looked up as a massive series of bells sounded across the city. Soon, everyone around them was reciting a prayer in thanks to the Eleven, as the lenses went out and were dragged away by a system of pulleys, while the top of the mountain itself opening up, letting true daylight into the city.</p><p></p><p>OOC Notes: A lot of confusing parts right now, I know, but it will get clarified in the next few updates. Don’t forget that the players were just as confused as you are at this point. And yes, I did let a half-celestial with one level of cleric enter a 3rd level party, giving it only a total ECL of 3. This was years ago, remember, before anyone knew what Savage Species or Level Adjustment was, and ECL was still a vague concept.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordVyreth, post: 1441380, member: 9626"] [b]The Beginning[/b] The new cast of characters: Quercus: The product of a celestial and an elven union, Quercus was sadly abandoned by his family when his mother died during childbirth. To further complicate matters, his mother was married to another man at the time, and the father blamed him for his wife’s death and abandoned him, while the celestial simply left, never to be seen again. He was formally raised in the clergy since that point, and has been re-united with his half-brother Tsine. Tsine: Tsine is the only legitimate son of a noble elven family. He was always interested in archery and other martial pursuits, but was forced into wizardry by his father when his mother died (see Quercus, above,) in the hopes that one member of the family who will carry on the family tradition. He used to despise his half-brother, due to the rantings of his bitter father, but has since learned forgiveness and seeking a way to end the loneliness of the arcane life, bonded with him. He works both as an archer and as a wizard now. Tal Moinen: Tal is a half-elven member of another noble house. This one is ancient, and claims to have been descended partially from dragons, specifically the amethyst gem variety, which apparently helped the royal family save their kingdom as it was being established. The dragonic aspect of their bloodline has long since been diluted, but while Tal officially earns his livelihood as a musician and storyteller, his dragonic blood calls to him, giving him both magical power and the desire to become more dragonic. Flix: Flix is a fairly typical halfling rogue. He is known for his professional attitude in most things, but is a bit of a womanizer when in peaceful situations. His life is otherwise a mystery. Some time between 1000 and 1500 years later… Quercus, Tsine, and Tal are resting one night, separately for now. Each, however, has the same dream. They find themselves adrift in space, while a mysterious female figure looms in front of them. However, a bright light shines behind her, making it impossible for any details to be seen on her. She calls herself Lady Memory, and claims that they are all truly her children. However, she then says that those who loved her most have betrayed her, and that she is giving them the task of restoring her name, and destroying the usurpers. The characters then all wake. Now switching back to past tense… Each woke up separately. Quercus was staying in a room at a temple, Tsine was waking up in his nobleman father’s home, and Tal was staying at an inn, having just returned to town. However, all of them felt very disoriented, like they were just waking up from a dream that was all too real, and suddenly realized that while they remembered the basic histories of their lives, they couldn’t remember any of the details! They knew, for example, their number of siblings, but not the names of their siblings, or their names, or even the name of the city they were in. As they struggled to figure out what was going on, they all ended up outside, and discovered that the city they were in was inside a hollowed out mountain. The place was still lit like an ordinary day, presumably because of the three giant lenses affixed to the ceiling. About half of the city was on a giant pillar in the center of the mountain, which often widened to as it went farther down into the mountain. Quercus was near the very top of the pillar, in what looked like a very prestigious part of town. A level below that was Tsine’s level, which was apparently the noble district. The next level below that was the largest, and contained what appeared to be an entire forest. Far below that, below the surface level of the mountain, Tal was at his inn, and didn’t even realize the city was inside a mountain until he left the dark depths of the lower parts of the city. Soon, all three got their basic memories back. They were in a city called Methosilang, the capital of the local empire, and all of them were supposed to meet at the main temple for some sort of ritual. As they traveled through the city, they noticed all the typical humanoid races, but they also noticed that much of the cities elven population was drow, and no one even seemed to notice this fact or find it strange. To the characters, however, something about this fact just felt wrong, like it was against the way things should be. Eventually, all three reached the temple at the top of the city, which was apparently called the Central Temple of the Sisters. Quercus, of course, was the closest, since his temple, the Cathedral of the Sun, was on the same level, but all three of them got there with time. The temple itself had a circular central room, which contained statues of the eleven Sisters, which were apparently the goddesses of this realm. Quercus realized with a start that Bha-Ael, the creator goddess, was the one that he himself worshipped. All of them were a little suspicious that the goddesses’ statues were arranged like the numbers of a clock, but that the ninth one was suspiciously empty. Tal asked a cleric about it, and learned that there was a mistake structurally when the temple was built, forcing them to stagger the positions of the statues. After mingling for a while, acolytes of the church arranged the people in the Temple (and there were at least hundreds of them,) into small groups of three or four people. Tal, Quercus, and Tsine ended up together, along with Flix, a halfling trained in the arts of stealth. Soon, an elven man and drow woman took places at a stage on the far end of the temple, and the party recognized them instantly as Berin Stael and Malthos Stael, the King and Queen of the kingdom. They explain how pleased they are to be presiding over another Day of Initiation, when those who have trained for all their lives underground are finally ready for their first missions on the surface. The characters heard a nervous tittering among the crowd, and despite their confusion, felt excitement at this prospect as well. As the two continued their speech, they suddenly stopped and looked up as a massive series of bells sounded across the city. Soon, everyone around them was reciting a prayer in thanks to the Eleven, as the lenses went out and were dragged away by a system of pulleys, while the top of the mountain itself opening up, letting true daylight into the city. OOC Notes: A lot of confusing parts right now, I know, but it will get clarified in the next few updates. Don’t forget that the players were just as confused as you are at this point. And yes, I did let a half-celestial with one level of cleric enter a 3rd level party, giving it only a total ECL of 3. This was years ago, remember, before anyone knew what Savage Species or Level Adjustment was, and ECL was still a vague concept. [/QUOTE]
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